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a four-legged sprinter that turns terror into ballet at sixty miles an hour
means A small, slender antelope of Africa and Asia, known for its grace and remarkable speed when fleeing predators.
from From French 'gazelle', borrowed from Arabic 'ghazāl' — the same root that gave us the love poetry of the 'ghazal', perhaps because poets saw in the animal's dark eyes and delicate bearing the very image of a beloved.
- signature move
- stotting: leaping high to taunt predators mid-chase
- top speed
- hits 60 mph, outruns most cheetahs
- water hack
- can survive without ever drinking it
- jump range
- clears 30 feet in a single bound
- name origin
- Arabic for love poems and graceful beauty
for instance
thomson's gazelle — east african species that migrates 1.9 million individuals annually across the serengeti
springbok — southern african gazelle whose pronking behavior involves jumping up to 2 meters high
dorcas gazelle — saharan species smallest gazelle at 3 kg, named in sahara desert across 11 countries